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<h1>Add Action Dialog Box</h1>
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<p>Use to register an action in the <code dir="ltr">struts-config.xml</code> file. 
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<p>A Struts action responds to a request. Writing an action means subclassing one of the Action classes and then overriding the class's execute method.</p>
<p>In the <b>Add Action</b> dialog box, you set the following properties:</p>

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<p>Action Class</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies the fully qualified Java class name of the action.</td>
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<p>Use ActionForm Bean</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies whether an actionform bean should be used or not. If you select this checkbox, the following fields are enabled.</td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ActionForm Bean Name</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies the name of the actionform bean.</td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Input Resource</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies the path to the JSP page that handles the actionform bean.</td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Input Action</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r7c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies the action that handles the actionform bean.</td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scope</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r8c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies the scope of the action. By default, the action is set to Session scope.</td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Attribute</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r9c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies an attribute that causes the actionform bean to be mapped into scope. When an actionform bean is mapped into scope, the action can access the actionform bean's values and display them in a JSP page.</td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Validate Form Bean</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r10c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies that the validate method of the action associated with this actionform bean should be called.</td>
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<p>Parameter</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r11c1-t12 r1c2-t12">Specifies general-purpose attribute often used by "standard" actions to pass a required property.</td>
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<p><b>Note:</b> If you want to change a registered action, you can do so by manually editing the XML tags in the <code dir="ltr">struts-config.xml</code> file.</p>
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